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The famous musical by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]], based on the story of ''[[wikipedia:The Story of the Trapp Family Singers|the Trapp Family Singers]], '''''. The musicalSound of Music''''' was inspired by an earlier, now largely forgotten German movie adaption of the book and was made into a movie in 1965. In 1991 the book was again independently adapted in a 40 episode [[Anime]] as part of the [[World Masterpiece Theater]] series.

For those who have still managed to live under a rock (or in Austria) for the past 50 yearshalf-century, the musical follows Maria Kutschera ([[Julie Andrews]]), a young postulant from Nonnberg Abbey, as she is sent to be a governess to the seven children of retired Navy Captain Georg von Trapp ([[Christopher Plummer]]). She soon discovers that the captain not only runs a tight ship, but also cannot bear to be reminded of his wife, meaning that he spends a lot of time in Vienna with Baroness Elsa Schraeder ([[Eleanor Parker]]), with whom he has struck up a romance. As a result, the children are rather rebellious and disdainful of any governesses (who were, as befitting authority figures of the time, rather strict). Maria is, however, kind towards them, and easily befriends the lot, teaching them songs and letting them frolic around the Austrian countryside. Captain von Trapp is, of course, rather taken aback, but soon rediscovers his pent-up happiness and begins to fall in love with Maria, who still hasn't worked out her own emotions. A brief trip back to the Abbey convinces her to go with the flow, and she returns and marries Georg.